Three new Nannastacidae (Crustacea: Cumacea) species from a Caribbean mesophotic ecosystem.

نویسندگان

  • Iorgu Petrescu
  • Tapas Chatterjee
  • Nikolaos V Schizas
چکیده

Examination of substrata from the mesophotic reefs of Mona Island, Puerto Rico yielded 3 new species of cumaceans, all from the family Nannastacidae: Cumella achimae sp. nov., C. victoriae sp. nov. and Nannastacus craciuni sp. nov. The 3 new species bring the total of new cumacean taxa described from the mesophotic reefs of US Caribbean to 9, highlighting the potential of mesophotic reefs as a biodiversity hotspot. For the first time we report the genus Nannastacus from the Caribbean Sea. 

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Zootaxa

دوره 3765  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2014